The sea eagle : the Civil War memoir of Lt. Cdr. William B. Cushing / [edited by] Alden R. Carter
- Author
- Cushing, William Barker, 1842-1874
- Published
- Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, [2009]
- Copyright Date
- ©2009
- Physical Description
- xiv, 169 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm.
- Additional Creators
- Carter, Alden R.
- Series
- Contents
- Introduction. Before the War -- The Sea Eagle -- Early Duty and the Capture of Hatteras Inlet -- The Virginia Capes and the Battle of Hampton Roads -- Blackwater River -- Captain of the Ellis and the Battle of New River -- Little River -- Nansemond River -- Gettysburg -- Shokoken -- Monticello -- Chasing the Raleigh -- CSS Albemarle -- Fort Fisher -- Wilmington -- From Battles and Leaders of the Civil War -- The First Battle of the Confederate Ram Albemarle / Gilbert Elliott -- The Albemarle and the Sassacus / Edgar Holden -- The Destruction of the Albemarle / W. B. Cushing -- Note on the Destruction of the Albemarle / A. F. Warley -- The Defense of Fort Fisher / William Lamb -- The Navy at Fort Fisher / Thomas O. Selfridge Jr. -- Appendix 1. Ships Named in the Text -- Appendix 2. Officers Named in the Text.
- Subject(s)
- Cushing, William Barker, 1842-1874
- Albemarle (Confederate ironclad)
- United States. Navy—Officers—Biography
- Ship captains—United States—Biography
- United States—History—Civil War, 1861-1865—Personal narratives
- United States—History—Civil War, 1861-1865—Naval operations
- United States—History—Civil War, 1861-1865—Commando operations
- ISBN
- 9780742570535 (cloth : alk. paper)
0742570533 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780742599963 (electronic)
0742599965 (electronic) - Note
- Includes index.
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